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CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY

CHURCH ADDRESS 8235 S.W. 57 Avenue Miami, Florida 33143 RECTORY/MAILING ADDRESS 8080 S.W. 54 Court Miami, Florida 33143 Telephone: 305.667.4911 Fax: 305.667.8067 info@epiphanycatholicchurch.comepiphanycatholicchurch.com

SCHOOL Ms. Ana Oliva, Principal Mrs. Dolores Alea, Vice Principal 5557 S.W. 84 Street Miami, Florida 33143 Telephone: 305.667.5251 Fax: 305.667.6828 epiphanycatholicschool.com CONVENT Sister Carmen Teresa, IHM, Superior Telephone: 305.667.2144

MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & PASTORAL SERVICES Mrs. Isabel Prellezo, Director Telephone: 305.665.0037 MINISTRY OF MUSIC Mr. Thomas Schuster, Organist Mr. Georgi Danchev, Choirmaster Mr. Eddie Valdés, Cantor Telephone: 305.667.4911

Monsignor Jude O’Doherty, Pastor

Father Alex Rivera, Associate Pastor

Deacon Don Livingstone

Deacon Norman Ruíz-Castañeda

Deacon Thomas V. Eagan

Deacon Marcos Pérez

Deacon Eduardo Smith

MASSES Monday-Friday 6:30 & 8:00 AM

Saturday 8:00 AM

Saturday Vigil 5:30 PM

Sunday 8:00, 9:30, & 11:00 AM 12:30* & 6:00 PM (*Spanish)

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Monday-Friday 7:00-8:00 AM & 8:30-9:30 AM

Thursdays 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

ROSARY Daily 7:40 AM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 4:30 PM

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Call the Parish Office two months in advance.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Call the Parish Office one year in advance.

December 2, 2018 First Sunday of Advent

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PASTOR’S PEN

often demonstrated principle of life. This, of

course, is not to say that trouble automatically

brings out our best. I am saying that if we have

within us anything approaching the spirit of Christ,

we can make trouble bring out our best. Trouble

by itself is neutral. It can do almost anything to a

person. It can make him bitter and resentful; it can

make him hard and cruel; it can plunge his life into

despair and wreck his faith on the rocks of futility.

But trouble does that only to people who let it

do that.

It is nonsense to call an unruffled life the ideal. If

our vocabulary did not have in it words like

trouble, adversity, calamity and grief, then, our

vocabulary by no possibility could have in it words

like courage, fortitude, patience and sacrifice. He

who knows no struggle will know no strength; he

who faces no calamity will need no courage.

Mystery though it is, those traits of character

that we most admire are found in greatest

abundance in those lives with a strong mixture of

adversity. Are you faced with a tough situation

today? If not today, you will be tomorrow, or

some tomorrow. Then listen to Jesus, “Stand erect, lift up your head!” Live triumphantly in

troubled times because your redemption will be

nearer than you know.

One of the most common attitudes in life is a

negative reaction to trouble. It is almost

universally believed that ease and comfort

constitute the ideal life. Conversely, trouble is

viewed as an intruder to be avoided at almost any

cost. And when it cannot be avoided, then, at

best, it must be endured. But the Scriptures

confront us with a totally different attitude toward

adversity. In our Gospel reading for today,

Jesus speaks of a troubled time, a time of natural

calamity and international turmoil. Then,

concerning that time, Jesus admonishes this

reaction: “Straighten your backs and lift up your heads because your redemption is drawing near.”

Trouble is so much a part of life. Given the

options, most of us would choose to spend our

days in ease and comfort; but few, if any are

allowed to exercise that option. The evolving

circumstances of life so often dictate otherwise.

We don’t get to live it on the basis of a first

choice. Trouble comes and builds banners and

dictates detours; and the critical issue becomes

our ability to handle disappointment and cope

creatively with problems. The person who is

not prepared to face trouble is not prepared to

face life.

The adverse element of life can be very painful

and tragic. Jesus understood that life can be and

often is a fearful proposition. He knew the

meaning of trouble because He experienced it

Himself. To be misunderstood was His daily fare.

He knew, not only the wrath of His enemies, but

the disloyalty of His friends. His death on the cross

was not something staged like a divinely directed

passion play. It was the very real agony of a very

real man. So, Jesus knew firsthand the pain, the

sorrow, the tragedy of trouble.

Conceding the point that trouble can be tragic, we

must also recognize that trouble can be useful. I

know that is easier to say than it is to practice, but

it is nonetheless true. Jesus said, “When you find yourself in the very midst of trouble, straighten your back and lift up your head because your redemption is drawing near.” Resent it and

resist it though we will, there is something

redemptive about trouble. This is a well-known,

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FORTY HOURS DEVOTION

ADVENT: OUR PARISH’S FORTY HOURS

We hope that our previous articles about the 40 Hours Devotion have enkindled in each of you a desire to

grow spiritually and participate in some aspect of Epiphany Church’s 40 Hours Devotion.

Following the opening Mass on December 9 at 6:00 PM, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed all day and

night in the main church. The Blessed Sacrament cannot be left unattended when it is exposed. We are

counting on our parishioners to devote an hour of adoration during the 40 hours of exposition. We have

sign-up sheets at all entrances for you to promise an hour of your time.

The specific way that Jesus asks you to love him in return is to spend one quiet hour with him in the Blessed

Sacrament. We hope that you will not only commit to one hour of adoration, but that you will also attend

many other events planned for the 40 hours - including the Holy Mass of Exposition on December 9 at 6:00

PM and the closing Ceremony, December 11 at 7:30 PM. A detailed schedule of events is included on the back

of the bulletin.

SIX REASONS FOR WANTING TO SPEND ONE HOUR WITH JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

1. He is really there! “I myself am the living bread come down from heaven.” (Jn 6:35)

2. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of His infinite love for you!

“Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world,” because “I have loved you with an

everlasting love, and constant is my affection for you.” (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3)

3. The specific way that Jesus asks you to love him in return is to spend one quiet hour with him in the

Blessed Sacrament. “Where your treasure is, there is your heart....” “Could you not watch one

hour with me?” (Mt 6:21; 26:40)

4. When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of God. “Indeed, this is the will of

my Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life. Him

I will raise up on the last day.” (Jn 6:40)

5. Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic Presence will increase his divine life within you and

deepen your personal relationship and friendship with him. “I have come that you may have life,

and have it more abundantly.” “I am the vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in me

and I in him shall bear much fruit because without me, you can do nothing.” (Jn 15:5)

6. Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen his divine peace in your heart. “Come to me all of you

who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you...” “Cast all of your anxieties upon

the one who cares for you...” “My Peace is My Gift to you.” (Mt 11:28; Pt 5:7; Jn 14:17)

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Date Time Mass Intentions Requested by

Saturday Dec. 1

5:30 PM + +

Adelfa Anasagasti Ramon Robayna

Gallinal Family Robayna Family

Sunday Dec. 2

8:00 AM + +

Holy Souls in Purgatory Patty Lawrence

Ely Fleites Daniel Higgins

9:30 AM + +

Sante De Leo Nicholas Christin

Family Felicia Christin

11:00 AM PEOPLE OF EPIPHANY 12:30 PM + Humberto Gonzalez, Jr.

Andreina & Ricardo Hernandez Family Hernandez-Zambrano Family

6:00 PM Christy Martinez Maria del Pilar Benedetti

Family William & Diana Yidi

Monday Dec. 3

6:30 AM +

Marina Ruiz Silvia de Sosa de Jorge Cecilia Rivero

Family Family Robelo Family

8:00 AM + +

Alex Carrion Enrique Villamil

Family Family

Tuesday Dec. 4

6:30 AM +

The United States of America Nelson & Carolina Hincapie Kenneth Juza

Pistorino Family Family Barbara Juza

8:00 AM + +

Adela Torres de Navarra Ryan Delano

Torres de Navarra Family Ramirez Family

Wednesday Dec. 5

6:30 AM + +

Esther Diaz Solla Mary Golik Kavanagh

Reardon Family Kavanagh Family

8:00 AM + +

Johnathon Perez Pedro Acosta

Family Ray Lopez Family

Thursday Dec. 6

6:30 AM + +

Maria Alvarez Edith Fandino Armando Puente

Aleida Gutierrez Jose & Marilyn Fernandez Ramon Garcia

8:00 AM +

Special Intention Sr. Margaret Fagan, IHM Asela Abascal

Waddell Family Deborah Siman Marisel & Gonzalo Diaz

Friday Dec. 7

6:30 AM + +

Edith Fandino Caroline Manto Theodore

Jose & Marilyn Fernandez Kavanagh Family

Immaculate Conception Friday, Dec. 7 (Vigil)

8:00 AM 7:00 PM

+ +

Deceased Epiphany Parishioners Delia & Andres Bolanos PEOPLE OF EPIPHANY

Alma & Andy Bolanos

Immaculate Conception Saturday, Dec. 8

8:00 AM 10:00 AM

+

IHM Sisters Ramon Vergara PEOPLE OF EPIPHANY

Pistorino Family Vergara & Rodriguez Families

Saturday Dec. 8 (Sunday Vigil)

5:30 PM + +

Alice & John Scott Soldiers in Harm’s Way Octavio Pasos

Family Shahin Family Family

Sunday Dec. 9

8:00 AM + +

Arnoldo Robelo Ana & Walter Hoar

Agnes Robelo Hoar Family

9:30 AM + + +

Maria T. Cronin Faustino Menendez Patricia Lawrence

Sacher Family Casamayor Family Bell Family

11:00 AM PEOPLE OF EPIPHANY 12:30 PM +

Melissa Rodriguez Francisco Paulus

Family Marianela Perez

6:00 PM +

Ana L. & Jose A. Gonzalez Ana Alicia Fernandez

Orlando Gonzalez & Family Pistorino Family

MASS INTENTIONS

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Extraordinary Ministers Dec. 8/9 Lectors Altar Servers Of Holy Communion

I Salvat C Gloria Gonzalez

R Sampedro 1 Gloria Gonzalez

G Vega 2 Luis Gonzalez Sat 5:30 PM Eddie De Arcos A Watkins 3 Cristina Pasken Msgr. O'Doherty Karen Murphy R Allen 4 Barbara Recuset

A Arguello 5 Phillip Recuset

G de Arcos 6 Phil Prellezo

A de Cardenas 7 Elena Wilson

C Frank Acosta

1 Cynthia Risavy Sun 8:00 AM Steve Smith A Scardina 2 Tom Risavy Fr. Rivera Lourdes Boue C Castro 3 Frank Acosta

4 Amanda Rodriguez

5 Mikki Smith

C Maria Juncadella

1 Maria Juncadella

L Fernandez 2 Grace Casamayor Sun 9:30 AM Mike Herold N Garcia 3 Manny Casamayor Msgr. O'Doherty Debra Menegay B Herrholz 4 Doug Garcia

A Sanchez 5 Raphael Bastian

6 Rick Gonzalez

7 Charbel Heshema

W Recuset C Ana-Maria Avila

A Roque 1 Ana-Maria Avila

A Santana 2 Cristi Vonder Haar Sun 11:00 AM Gloria De La Osa L Silveira 3 Gloria Barbier Msgr. O'Doherty Jorge L. González A Silveira 4 Janet Armstrong

S Toro 5 Cesar Armstrong

S Valdes 6 Pam Bunge

S Alvarez 7 Alfred Bunge

8 Leon Avila

C Carmen von Reitzenstein

1 Carmen von Reitzenstein

2 Bernd von Reitzenstein Sun 12:30 PM Jorge I. Torres C Maratos 3 Gabriel Gurdian Fr. Rivera Marcela Torres C Martinez 4 Marta Rosales

5 Adolfo Rosales

6 Pamela Ugarte

7 Enrique Ugarte

S Rivera C Esther Maria Sousa

J Roca 1 Esther Maria Sousa

A Rodriguez 2 Mary Lee Sun 6:00 PM Jorge J. Pérez V Ros 3 Steven Lee Fr. Rivera Sarita C. Baigorri C Schlipman 4 Caro Packert

G Verde 5 Thomas Packert

V Borell 6 Julie Parlade

S Caram 7 Jaime Parlade

MASS SCHEDULES

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

WHILE YOU ARE WAITING

Four-year-old Johnnie kept looking at the window waiting for his Mother to arrive. She had been called away to be with her own mother who was gravely ill. But today his Mother would be coming home. His Aunt Betty kept telling him .... “It won’t be long now. Her plane has landed and she will be home soon.” Aunt Betty knew how much he missed his Mother as his Dad has been killed in Iraq while serving his country.

Aunt Betty looked out the window .... “A cab is coming. Johnnie, your mom is home.”

“I want to go out. I want to go out,” Johnnie screamed.

When he opened the front door, his mother was just getting out of the cab. He ran like a deer and flew into his Mother‘s arms, and for a moment they were frozen in time. The wait was over. Mom was home.

The intense love Johnnie and his Mother experienced is the same love you and I should have as we patiently wait for the birth of Jesus. It’s December and today is the first Sunday of Advent. Jesus will soon be here. That’s what Advent is all about.... waiting for Jesus to arrive. Let your faith and your love keep you focused on the true meaning of Christmas. Prepare well through prayer, join the daily Mass, receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or whatever you want to do so that on Christmas morning like Johnnie you can shout “Jesus is here.... Jesus is here.”

While you are waiting patiently for Jesus to come why not talk to His Mother. There is no person on earth who is more respected and loved than a good mother. In fact, on Saturday, you have a wonderful opportunity to talk to Mary and celebrate Her Feast of Immaculate Conception. It should be no surprise to anyone that the Mother of God was conceived without sin and She remained sinless throughout Her life. So, go to Her on Saturday, and ask Her how best you should prepare for the coming of Jesus.

Johnnie had Aunt Betty as he waited for his mother... Go to Mary the Mother of God and she will guide you .... “While You Are Waiting” for the coming of Jesus.

Advent focuses our attention in the coming of

Christ. We live between two comings of Christ - his first coming in humility and weakness at Bethlehem and his second coming in majesty and power at the end of time. Saint Paul says that with each passing year “our salvation is nearer

than when we first believed.” Let us reflect for a moment on how much we need the Lord’s salvation in our lives and in the world. First reading (Jeremiah 33:14-26). The profit assures the people that God will send the

promised one, the Messiah.

Second reading (1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2). Paul prays that the Lord may deepen the love that the Thessalonians have for each other, and thus prepare them for the second coming of Christ.

Gospel (Luke 21:25-28,34-36). In language borrowed from the Old Testament, Luke describes the second coming of Christ. Christians should prepare for it with confidence, vigilance and prayer.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Parish Pilgrim Virgin Ministry

Advent/Christmas Confessions

Enter into the spirit of Advent by celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Monday, December 10 – beginning at 6:30 PM

Let us prepare our hearts to receive Emmanuel, “God-with-Us,” this Christmas.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL: Rosa Maria Alvarez; Michael Bier;

Dean Carr Calleja; Pat Clarke; Jeannette Conner; Ana Alicia Fernandez; Oliver Ford Gibson;

Stephen Hohauser; Cesar Izique; Paige Klekner; Daniel Manichello; Ashley Mahan;

Daniel Rodriguez-Obregon; Armando Puente; Esther Suarez; Paulina Tawil;

Francesco Torres Covella; Virginia Walden.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Maria Argudin; Paula Blanco; Dean Brownlow;

Maria Gonzalez Del Valle; Ines Ferreiro; Kathleen Kane Gardner; Miquel Angel Gascue;

Jose Gutierrez; Jeannette Hausler; Miriam Hernandez; Mari Tere Luzarraga;

Octavio Pasos; Nelson Rios; Carlos Rodriguez; Julian Valdez; Ana Maria Zuluaga.

During the week of December 2 the Parish Pilgrim Virgin will be in the home of:

Plinio & Gloria Gonzales 305.785.7771 Aleida Gutierrez 305.661.8497

2019 Sign-Up ����

To receive the Pilgrim Virgin in your home during 2019, please register after the Masses staring on:

December 8-9 & December 15-16

The visit of our Blessed Mother to our home is an opportunity to pray with her as a family. Family prayer is a great tool to keep Jesus Christ as the center and most important thing in our lives.

To schedule your visit, please call

Luis & Patricia Siman at 305.498.5936

Contemplative Cenacle of the Divine Mercy

Next Cenacle will take place on Monday, December 3 at 7:30 PM.

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Holy Day of Obligation

Masses on:

Friday, December 7 (Vigil Mass) – 7:00 PM Saturday, December 8 – 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM

COME AND JOIN US FOR A MERRY AND BRIGHT EVENING

Next Friday, December 7

Register at epiphanycocktailparty.com $50 Registration Per Person

Open Bar Heavy Hors d'oeuvres Music & Entertainment

Join us for a great night with fellow

Epiphany parishioners as we celebrate our Great Community.

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE ST. MARTIN DE PORRES

Today after every Mass, please come get the toy tags!

Once again, we are given the opportunity to be generous as we share the Good News of Christ’s birth with the people from St. Martin de Porres. We will provide Christmas gifts for the needy children of the Parish and make Christmas a happy event for them. Remember that this may be the only gift a child receives for Christmas. Make sure the gifts are

age and sex appropriate. If a toy requires batteries, please include them. Please DO NOT WRAP the gift and firmly attach the original tag. Please deliver the toys to the Religious Education Office no later than Friday, December 14, 2018.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9

6:00 PM Holy Mass of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7:00-9:00 PM Silent Adoration 9:00 PM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Glorious Mysteries) 10:00-Midnight Silent Adoration

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10

12:00-3:00 AM Silent Adoration 3:00 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:00-6:30 AM Silent Adoration 6:30 AM Holy Mass 7:00-7:30 AM Silent Adoration 7:30 AM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Joyful Mysteries) 8:00 AM Holy Mass 8:30 AM Novena to Our Lady

of the Miraculous Medal 9:00-10:00 AM Silent Adoration 10:00 AM Rezo del Santo Rosario (Misterios Gloriosos) 10:30-Noon Silent Adoration Noon Recitation of the Angelus 12:15-3:00 PM Silent Adoration 3:00 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:00 PM Holy Rosary for Our Nation

(Luminous Mysteries) 5:00-7:30 PM Silent Adoration 6:30 PM Confessions Begin 7:30-8:30 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet 8:30-9:30 PM Silent Adoration 9:30 PM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Sorrowful Mysteries) 10:00-Midnight Silent Adoration

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11

12:00-3:00 AM Silent Adoration 3:00 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:00-6:30 AM Silent Adoration 6:30 AM Holy Mass 7:00-7:30 AM Silent Adoration 7:30 AM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Sorrowful Mysteries) 8:00 AM Holy Mass 8:30 AM Novena to Our Lady

of the Miraculous Medal 9:00-10:00 AM Silent Adoration 10:00 AM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Glorious Mysteries) 10:30-Noon Silent Adoration Noon Recitation of the Angelus 1:00 PM Prayer of the Holy Rosary

(Joyful Mysteries) 1:00-3:00 PM Silent Adoration 3:00 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:00 PM Madres y Padres Orantes Rezo del Santo Rosario

(Misterios Luminosos) 5:30-7:00 PM Silent Adoration 7:00 PM Closing Ceremony

While the Forty Hours Devotion nurtures the love of the faithful for our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, three special dimensions have also surrounded this devotion: the protection from evil and temptation; reparation for our own sins and for the poor souls in Purgatory; and deliverance from political, material or spiritual calamities. Here the faithful implore our Lord to pour forth His abundant graces not only for themselves, but their neighbors, not only for their own personal needs, but for those of the world.

The Blessed Sacrament cannot be left unattended when it is exposed. We are counting on our parishioners to devote an hour of adoration.

Please visit our online sign-up sheet at

https://tinyurl.com/yco6v4jr